Passenger drowns when car lands in Austin’s Lady Bird Lake

A woman has been booked into Travis County Jail after a male passenger drowned when she lost control and drove her car into Lady Bird Lake near the Interstate 35 bridge about 1:45 a.m. Sunday, KVUE-TV reports on its website.

Two Austin police officers witnessed the incident.

“They just said they were sitting there typing a report and the vehicle came around the corner and lost control of the vehicle and went straight into the water,” Austin Police Senior Police Officer Craig Smith tells KVUE. “Officers got out their vehicle, attempted to help the passengers. Officers were able to get two females out of the vehicle.”

The Austin police dive team arrived to recover the man’s body from the sunken vehicle. The names of the people involved have not been released.